William osbychtjk



W. OSEYCHUK.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I4. |919.

Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

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UNITED STATES 1 l.. rE1\TT ,oEFicn WILLIAM' osnYcUx, or ALLENroWN,rENnsYnvama;

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:To all' 'whom 'it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAMOSEYCHU'K,

' f a citizen of Ukraine, residing at Allentown,

in the' county of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of whlch the following is aspecification.

The primary object of the inventlon 1s l the provisionI of a toy in thenature of' a bar member, the antics of the ligure being` gymnast wherebya figure or rough representation of a human being 1s caused perform invarious ways upon a horizontal produced and controlled by pressureexerted by the handof the operator.

A further object of the 1nvent1on 1s the i provision of 'an automatonhaving a normal depending position andl adapted for performing movementsor antics slmilar to those of a gymnast upon' a trapeze or horizolrtfalbar, such operation being easilyV and qlllickly accomplished by theperson 1n c arge of the device.

`W1th these eneral objects 1n v1ew the invention consists of thecombination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described inconnection with the accompanying drawing and in which like referencecharacters designate correspondlng parts throughoutthe several views.

In the drawings, l Figure 1 is-a front elevation of the invention in itsnormal position members being illustrated by dotted lines in theiradjusted positions and withy parts broken away.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof with one side member broken away andFig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, of a slightly modified form ofconstruction.

My invention primarily consists of a frame having opposite side bars 10and 1l connected together adjacent their upper ends by a flexible cord12in the form of a loop extending through the said bars as well as throughthe spaced arms 13 of a doll or figure, 14. The arms 13 of the doll arepivotally connected to the b'ody of the doll while legs 15 are`swingingly carried thereby in a similar manner.

A brace 16 connects the side bars 10 and 11 substantially centrally, oneend of the brace being pivoted as at 17 'to the side bar l1 while anopposite reduced end 18 of the brace freely extends through an opening19 in the opposite bar 10. A spring 20 upon Speoioation o! LettersPatent.

the reduced-end lS ofthe brace 1.6 between4 the bar 10 and a shoulder 21of the brace normally maintains the bar 10 engaging a stop pin 22extending through the bracev brace ,23 normally retains the bar 10engage' ing a stop pin 22" positioned through the brace portion 18outwardly of said bar 10.

The normal vposition of the device is illustrated in Fig. l of thedrawing and by grasping the bars 10 and 11 in the hand at a pointbetween the braces 16 and 23, the lower ends of the bars Imay be drawntoward each other by tilting the bar 10 as illustrated by dotted lines.This action causes the twisted cord 12; to straighten out in the form ofa rectangular loop theieb reversing the vertical direction of the dollsarms 13 and carrying the body and legs of the doll along with the arm.Upon releasing the pressure upon the bars 10 and 11, the springs 20 aswell as the weight of the doll 14, upon the cord 12, ,will cause the bar10 to return to its normal position parallel with the opposite bar 11.By alternately drawing the lower portion of the bar 10 toward the bar 11and releasingthe same, the doll 14 will be caused to rise and swing overthe cord 12 after the manner lof a gymnast performing upon a horizontalbar and the antics of the doll may be readily controlled at the pleasureof the operator.

In Fig. 3 of the drawing, the doll 14 is provided with pivoted legs 15while its arms 13 are carried by the cord 12 secured through the sidebars 10 and 11 adjacent one end of the device in a manner identical tothat illustrated in Fig. 1. A single cross brace 16 is provided in thisform of the invention with one end of said brace fixed as at 25 in theside bar 11. The reduced opposite end 18 of the brace freely extendsthrough an opening 19 in the opposite bar 10 while a spring 20 mountedupon the brace portion 18" holds the bar member 10 in normal engagementwith the stop pin 22" adjacent the outer end of the brace. By drawingthe lower free ends of the bars 10' brace 23-4 is'provided at the op-.

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of the inventlon that is easily operated andv is normally positionedready for use.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2 ofthe drawings, the spring 20 is preferably weaker than the spring 20 sothat the invention will operate as herein described no matter where thepressure of the hand is exerted,

upon the bars 10 and 11 at any point between the braces 16 and 23although better results may be obtained by engaging the said bars atpoints adjacent the end brace 23.

1. A toy comprising side bars, a looped cord adapted to assumerectangular shape connected between the ends of the bars at one end ofthe device, a doll figure comprising a body having pivoted legs and armswith the arms freely positioned upon the loop, a substantially'centrally positioned brace between said bars having swinging'connection. with each of the bars and a shield portion. adjacent oneend, a brace at the opposite -end of the device from said cord plvotedto the bar and slidably positloned with a shoulder adjacent the samethrough the opposite bar and resilient means upon said braces betweensaid shoulders and bars adapted for normally maintaining the barsparallel. Y

2. A toy comprisin opposite bars, a flexible member connecte betweenadjacent ends of said bars, a doll swingingly carried by sald flexiblemember adapted for changing its posltion during the straightening andthe twlstlng of said flexible member, a brace pivotally connectedsubstantially centrally between said bars, an end brace pivoted to oneof said bars adjacent the opposite end thereof from said cord and havinga reduced end freely projecting through the opposite .bar and a'springsurrounding said end bearmg against the adjacent bar whereby the. barsare normally maintained parallel wlth the doll gure suspendedtherebetween.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

' WILLIAM OSEYCHUK.

